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July 16, 2008

Siemens and NCR Ink Reseller Agreement

by Sam Savage

Siemens Healthcare and NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) are collaborating to offer NCR MediKiosk(TM) solutions to the Siemens customer base in North America. NCR is a global leader in self-service solutions across multiple industries, including healthcare, where its products and services help enhance the patient experience.

As an authorized NCR reseller, Siemens will now offer the NCR MediKiosk, a self-service check-in solution that allows patients to identify themselves upon arrival at the facility, view and confirm demographic and insurance information, electronically sign consent documents and make co-payments.

"Today's consumers are extremely tech-savvy and are already using self-service technologies in their daily lives, such as the self-checkout lines at the grocery store and automated check-in kiosks in airports and hotels," said Marilyn Marchant, vice president, Foundation Enterprise Systems, Health Services, Siemens Healthcare. "This technology also makes sense for the healthcare industry and we are pleased to now be able to offer self-service solutions to our customers through our agreement with NCR. We anticipate that many benefits will be realized by our customers and their patients."

Employing self-service technology helps healthcare organizations streamline the patient registration process, shorten wait times and reduce administrative costs by eliminating redundant and manual steps such as signature capture and forms scanning, as well as minimizing paper use. Hospitals, clinics and physician practices that deploy self-service can also improve revenue cycle management by reducing the number of denied claims and increasing collection of co-payments and account balances. All information entered by patients at check-in flows seamlessly to healthcare organizations' health information systems or physician practice management systems, helping minimize the risk of error.

"The use of self-service kiosks in healthcare has been shown to reduce wait times up to 75 percent, while significantly improving patient care," said NCR Vice President of Industry Marketing Bob Tramontano. "Working with Siemens extends NCR's ability to improve the patient experience at every step of the healthcare process."

About Siemens Healthcare

The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry. The company is a renowned medical solutions provider with core competence and innovative strength in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies as well as in knowledge engineering, including information technology and system integration. With its laboratory diagnostics acquisitions, Siemens Healthcare is the first integrated healthcare company, bringing together imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy, and healthcare information technology solutions, supplemented by consulting and support services. Siemens Healthcare delivers solutions across the entire continuum of care - from prevention and early detection, to diagnosis, therapy and care. Additionally, Siemens Healthcare is the global market leader in innovative hearing instruments. The company employs more than 49,000 people worldwide and operates in 130 countries. In the fiscal year 2007 (Sept. 30), Siemens Healthcare reported sales of EUR 9.85 billion, orders of EUR 10.27 billion, and group profit of EUR 1.32 billion. Further information can be found by visiting http://www.siemens.com/healthcare.

About NCR Corporation

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a global technology company leading how the world connects, interacts and transacts with business. NCR's assisted- and self-service solutions and comprehensive support services address the needs of retail, financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality, gaming and public sector organizations in more than 100 countries. NCR (www.ncr.com) is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio.

NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.